This just in:

FOR PLANNING PURPOSES: April 29, 2014

CONTACT:

Emily Giles, e.giles@ihsph.org, (917) 575-2936

Emily Wendlake, emilywendlake@gmail.com, (413) 657-7255

Rosie Frascella, r.frascella@ihsph.org, (917) 767-1001

Anita Feingold-Shaw, afeingoldshaw@gmail.com, (510) 872-1712

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**Media Advisory**

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26 Teachers and Staff of International High School at Prospect Heights refuse to give NYC ELA Performance Assessment Test

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WHEN: Thursday, May 1, 2014, 7:45-8:20am,

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WHERE: International High School at Prospect Heights, 883 Classon Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225

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WHAT: Teachers will hold a press conference to announce their refusal to administer the NYC ELA Performance Assessment. 26 teachers and staff at Prospect Heights International High School are refusing to administer a new assessment that is part of the new teacher evaluation system pushed by Bloomberg’s DOE and the UFT last spring. 50% of parents have opted their children out of the test. The high school serves almost exclusively recently arrived English Language Learners.